Paris to Istanbul
How long did it take to travel from Paris to Istanbul in the 1920s and 1930s, and what did it cost? In 1925: 2 days door to door, 2 400 fr. in first class.
Passage computes it for Call of Cthulhu and any 1920s or 1930s tabletop campaign: pick two places and a date, and print the ticket the purser's clerk would have written.
The journey in 1925
- Getting to the port
- Paris → Lausanne (by rail, about 8 h 18, estimate); Lausanne → Milan (by rail, about 5 h 30, estimate); Milan → Venise (by rail, about 4 h 30, estimate); Venise → Belgrade (by rail, about 13 h 48, estimate); Belgrade → Sofia (by rail, about 6 h 30, estimate); Sofia → Constantinople (by rail, about 9 h 18, estimate)
- Embarkation
- Paris
- Sailing
- Friday 13 March 1925
- Steamer
- Simplon-Levant Express · Trains de Luxe · Paris – Lausanne – Milan – Venice – Belgrade – Sofia – Istanbul
- Calls
- Lausanne, Milan, Venise, Belgrade, Sofia
- via
- Dijon, le tunnel du Simplon, Trieste et Zagreb
- Arrival
- Constantinople, Sunday 15 March 1925
- Door to door
- 2 days
- Fare · First Class
- 2 400 fr.
- Fare · Second Class
- 1 590 fr.
The journey in 1933
- Getting to the port
- Paris → Lausanne (by rail, about 8 h 18, estimate); Lausanne → Milan (by rail, about 5 h 30, estimate); Milan → Venise (by rail, about 4 h 30, estimate); Venise → Belgrade (by rail, about 13 h 48, estimate); Belgrade → Sofia (by rail, about 6 h 30, estimate); Sofia → Istanbul (by rail, about 9 h 18, estimate)
- Embarkation
- Paris
- Sailing
- Friday 15 September 1933
- Steamer
- Simplon-Levant Express · Trains de Luxe · Paris – Lausanne – Milan – Venice – Belgrade – Sofia – Istanbul
- Calls
- Lausanne, Milan, Venise, Belgrade, Sofia
- via
- Dijon, le tunnel du Simplon, Trieste et Zagreb
- Arrival
- Istanbul, Sunday 17 September 1933
- Door to door
- 2 days
- Fare · First Class
- 1 970 fr.
- Fare · Second Class
- 1 310 fr.
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